The World Cup is the most prestigious honor in football. If you win, your team will be talked about for the next four years, until the next World Cup. The World Cup brings together the crème de la crème of 204 countries competing in the best sport in the world. The World Cup is the most exciting tournament to watch and cheer for. The First World Cup In 1930, the first World Cup was held in Uruguay, but at the time the trophy was known as the Jules Rimet Cup. There were no qualifying matches as there were only thirteen teams. It was organized in two rounds. The first round consisting of group matches and the second round consisting of play-offs. The host team, Uruguay, ended up winning the first World Cup. The total attendance for all the matches was 434,500 people.The World Cup Trophies“The trophy was named in honor of Jules Rimet because he was president of the French Football and Football Federation. FIFA at the time of the first World Cup. The trophy itself has a funny history, because during World War II, Ottorino Barassi, an official of the Italian Football Federation, hid it in a shoebox under his bed. It was later stolen from a public display just before the 1966 World Cup final. It was later recovered and stolen again, seventeen years later in Brazil. He hasn't been seen since and many believe he may have already melted. (www.worldcup.isn.pl/en/cups.htm)The two different trophiesEach year, when a team won the world cup, the trophy was given to each winner and the team that had won the tournament three times in first had to keep it. the trophy. Brazil achieved this feat first and won their third World Cup in 1970. In 1983, the cup was stolen. In 1971, the FIFA World Cup was created. I... middle of paper ... if you've never watched a world cup match before. I hope you'll watch it because it's the best of the best playing the most popular sport in the world. And the United States has a chance this year to go far in the tournament. Works Cited "FIFA.com - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)." FIFA.com - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Np, and Web. January 13, 2010. “Planet World Cup”. Planet World Cup. Np, and Web. January 2, 2010. "World Cup History Page - All about the history of the World Cup." World Cup History Page - Everything about the history of the World Cup. Np, and Web. January 5, 2010. “World Football.” Football community and portal for aspiring players. Np, and Web. January 5. 2010. .